I had some welcome free time this weekend and happily set up my acrylic paints outside. Now that I’m working with bigger canvases I know I need to set up my easel and get comfortable painting upright – but for now I’m still painting flat.
As I set up my supplies, I thought about how the ritual of setting up, gets you in the creative frame of mind. (I leave my watercolors permanently set up on our dining room table – so I often miss out on this.)
I don’t paint as often as I’d like to. It’s usually not for lack of time. Sometimes, even though I want to, I can’t seem to motivate myself. I’ve heard this (problem) called “resistance” – by Author Steven Pressfield in The War of Art. When I can push through and create, I never regret it. Even if the results don’t wow me. Creating is such a relaxing feeling, such a release, that great results are just the icing on the cake.
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